Vernon Meyer
The Good Book
Posted June 1, 2011 by Vernon Meyer in The Good Books
“Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so!” So goes the familiar children’s Sunday School song. To tell the truth though, I do not remember that I ever read the bible as a child or even had a bible until I was well into High School. As a Catholic it was not until the reforms of the Second Vatican Council were well underway that I was e... read more
Vernon Meyer
Scripture and the Idea of Divine Revelation

As I grew up I heard over and over this phrase at the end of each
scripture reading in our church services: “The Word of the Lord.” In other words what I just heard was a different kind of word from, let’s say, Walter Cronkite and
his words spoken on the CBS Evening News, or from J.D. Salinger and the ... read more